Chapter II

The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed.
To account for, and excuse the tyranny of man, many ingenious
arguments have been brought forward to prove, that the two sexes,
in the acquirement of virtue, ought to aim at attaining a very
different character: or, to speak explicitly, women are not
allowed to have sufficient strength of mind to acquire what
really deserves the name of virtue. Yet it should seem, allowing
them to have souls, that there is but one way appointed by
Providence to lead mankind to either virtue or
happiness.